Krokslätt, District of Gothenburg in Sweden
Krokslätt is a district and primary area in the Centrum district of Göteborg Municipality, bordering Mölndal to the south. It covers 151 hectares and was formed on 15 June 1923. The area includes Chalmers Teknikpark, the former Chalmers mathematical centre, and Buråsskolan primary school. Tram lines 2 and 4 run through it towards Mölndal.
The name Krokslätt appears as early as 1397 in the form Krokslætho. In 1884 a municipalsamhälle was formed within Örgryte landskommun, dissolved at the end of 1921 when the municipality joined Göteborg. The Göteborg district of Krokslätt was created on 15 June 1923. Mölndal's separate Krokslätt district, adopted in 1926, covered the farm Sörgården.
The name Krokslätt appears as early as 1397, as Krokslætho, and is taken to mean "the plain that bends" or "the plain by the bend". The district belongs to Johannebergs parish but has its own church, Buråskyrkan. Tram lines 2 and 4 run through it towards Mölndal.
Krokslätt lies in Göteborg's Centrum district area, bordering Mölndal to the south. Tram lines 2 and 4 run through the district towards Mölndal along Mölndalsvägen. Buråsskolan is the local primary school, and Buråskyrkan is the district's own church.
Krokslätt's name appears in records as early as 1397, in the form Krokslætho, and is taken to mean "the plain that bends" or "the plain by the bend". The medieval village was split between two parishes: Hökegården and Sörgården lay in Fässbergs socken in Askims härad, while Kongegården and Nordgården belonged to Örgryte socken in Sävedals härad from at least 1550.
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